The Brazilian office FCstudio has carried out a residential project for Flavio Castro, the studio’s founder. The Box House is located in a relatively low-density area of the city of São Paulo; its lower floor is completely transparent, while the upper box results as an opaque volume made of metallic corrugated panels.
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Glass and wood are framed in the metallic structure of the building; all the materials are exposed and their arrangement enhance the contrast between the ground floor and the first level, respectively containing the communal area and the private area with a second living room and a bedroom. The lower floor can be completely open to the surrounding garden, enclosed within a concrete wall and weathering steel gates. The building is crowned by a roof garden that, with the raising of the box, helps to maintain a thermal comfort in the tropical climate of the city.
- Project:
- The Box House
- Location:
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Program:
- single-family house
- Architect:
- FCstudio
- Principle architect:
- Flavio Castro
- Year:
- 2018